The 81st (Amphibious) Division of the
Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is governed by the Nigerian Army Council (NAC). The Chief of Army Staff is the highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Army.
History Formation
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is a
division
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active since 2002. It has an area of responsibility covering
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
and
Ogun States of Nigeria.
History
It is numbered in honor of the
81st (West Africa) Division
The 81st (West African) Division was formed under British control during the Second World War. It took part in the Burma Campaign.
History
The inspiration for the division's formation came from General George Giffard, commander of the British ...
. The Division which replaced the Lagos Garrison Command (LGC) came into being in 2000.
The youngest Division in the Nigerian Army, it was formed on 26 May 2002.
Structure
The division previously included:
* 81st Division Garrison (
Lagos
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* 9th Brigade (Ikeja
Ikeja is the capital city of Lagos State in southwestern Nigeria. Its population, as of the 2006 census, is 313,196. Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a well planned, clean and quiet residential and commercia ...
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* 165th Mechanised Battalion
* 19th Mechanised Battalion
* 242nd Recce Battalion
Commanders
*Major General Enobong Udoh (5 February 2018 – 7 August 2018)
*Major General Musa Sani Yusuf (7 August 2018 – 23 July 2019)
*Major General Johnson Olubunmi Irefin (23 July 2019 – 22 July 2020)
*Major General Godwin Umelo (22 July 2020 – 13 March 2021)
*Major General Lawrence Fejokwu (13 March 2021 – 15 February 2022)
*Major General Umar Thama Musa (15 February 2022 – 29 July 2022)
* Major General Obinna Ajunwa (29 July 2022 – 27 July 2023)
References
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Army units and formations of Nigeria